2021 Prefontaine Classic

2021 Prefontaine Classic
2021 Prefontaine Classic
Dates	20-21 August 2021
Host city	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Venue	Hayward Field
Level	2021 Diamond League
Events	13
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The 2021 Prefontaine Classic was the 46th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Held on 20-21 August at Hayward Field, it was the eighth leg of the 2021 Diamond League – the highest-level international track and field circuit.

The meeting was highlighted by American records from Athing Mu (in the women's 800 m) and Courtney Frerichs (in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, becoming the first American to run under 9 minutes).^[1] Sifan Hassan attempted the 5000 metres world record, but did not achieve it.^[2]^[3]

Results

Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the Diamond League finals in Zürich. First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower.^[4]

Diamond Discipline

Men's 100m (+2.9 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Andre De Grasse	Canada	9.74	8
	Fred Kerley	United States	9.78	7
	Ronnie Baker	United States	9.82	6
4	Trayvon Bromell	United States	9.86	5
5	Michael Norman	United States	9.90	4
6	Justin Gatlin	United States	9.93	3
7	Akani Simbine	South Africa	9.95	2
8	Isiah Young	United States	9.98	1
9	Cravon Gillespie	United States	10.09

Men's 200m (+1.5 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Noah Lyles	United States	19.52	8
	Kenny Bednarek	United States	19.80	7
	Josephus Lyles	United States	20.03	6
4	Aaron Brown	Canada	20.12	5
5	Rai Benjamin	United States	20.16	4
6	Jerome Blake	Canada	20.20	3
7	Vernon Norwood	United States	20.36	2
	Kyree King	United States	DQ

Men's Mile
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3:47.24	8
	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	3:48.40	7
	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:51.17	6
4	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	3:51.31	5
5	Ollie Hoare	Australia	3:51.63	4
6	Jake Heyward	Great Britain	3:52.15	3
7	Abel Kipsang	Kenya	3:52.20	2
8	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3:52.97	1
9	Matthew Centrowitz Jr.	United States	3:53.32
10	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada	3:53.87
11	Matthew Ramsden	Australia	3:53.97
	Craig Nowak	United States	DNF

Men's 2 Miles
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	8:09.55	8
	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	8:09.82	7
	Paul Chelimo	United States	8:09.83	6
4	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	8:10.16	5
5	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	8:11.04	4
6	Grant Fisher	United States	8:11.09	3
7	Joe Klecker	United States	8:11.55	2
8	Mark Owon Lomuket	Kenya	8:15.54	1
9	Nibret Melak	Ethiopia	8:16.75
10	Michael Kibet	Kenya	8:18.01
11	Daniel Ebenyo	Kenya	8:19.67
12	Luis Grijalva	Guatemala	8:21.98
13	Marc Scott	Great Britain	8:31.90
	Josh Thompson	United States	DNF
	Woody Kincaid	United States	DNF
	Bethwell Birgen	Kenya	DNF

Men's Triple Jump
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Pedro Pichardo	Portugal	17.63 m	8
	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso	17.12 m	7
	Donald Scott	United States	17.03 m	6
4	Will Claye	United States	16.83 m	5
5	Andrea Dallavalle	Italy	16.80 m	4
6	Chris Benard	United States	16.79 m	3
7	Andrea Dallavalle	Italy	16.79 m	2
8	Max Heß	Germany	16.72 m	1

Men's Shot Put
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Ryan Crouser	United States	23.15 m	8
	Joe Kovacs	United States	21.94 m	7
	Darlan Romani	Brazil	21.69 m	6
4	Tom Walsh	New Zealand	21.39 m	5
5	Josh Awotunde	United States	21.25 m	4
6	Darrell Hill	United States	21.03 m	3
7	Payton Otterdahl	United States	20.28 m	2

Women's 100m (+0.9 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	10.54	8
	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	10.73	7
	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	10.76	6
4	Teahna Daniels	United States	10.83	5
5	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	10.90	4
6	Javianne Oliver	United States	10.96	3
7	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	10.96	2
8	Briana Williams	Jamaica	11.09	1
9	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	11.14

Women's 200m (+2.4 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	22.06	8
	Gabrielle Thomas	United States	22.11	7
	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.19	6
4	Jenna Prandini	United States	22.36	5
5	Dezerea Bryant	United States	22.39	4
6	Lynna Irby	United States	22.50	3
7	Brittany Brown	United States	22.51	2
8	Allyson Felix	United States	22.60	1

Women's 800m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Athing Mu	United States	1:55.04	8
	Kate Grace	United States	1:57.60	7
	Natoya Goule	Jamaica	1:57.71	6
4	Raevyn Rogers	United States	1:58.01	5
5	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	1:58.30	4
6	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	1:58.78	3
7	Ajeé Wilson	United States	2:00.21	2
8	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	2:00.27	1
9	Sabrina Southerland [d]	United States	2:01.87

Women's 1500m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	3:53.23	8
	Linden Hall	Australia	3:59.73	7
	Josette Andrews	United States	4:00.07	6
4	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	4:00.72	5
5	Shannon Osika	United States	4:01.16	4
6	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	4:01.74	3
7	Tigist Ketema	Ethiopia	4:02.44	2
8	Helen Schlachtenhaufen	United States	4:02.78	1
9	Edinah Jebitok	Kenya	4:04.32
10	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy	4:04.55
11	Jessica Hull	Australia	4:05.33
12	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4:05.92
13	Winny Chebet	Kenya	4:29.00
	Chanelle Price	United States	DNF

Women's 400mH
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	52.77	8
	Shamier Little	United States	53.79	7
	Gianna Woodruff	Panama	54.20	6
4	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine	54.40	5
5	Janieve Russell	Jamaica	54.50	4
6	Nnenya Hailey	United States	55.16	3
7	Ronda Whyte	Jamaica	55.57	2
8	Leah Nugent	Jamaica	55.86	1
9	Sage Watson	Canada	56.52

Women's 3000mSC
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Norah Jeruto	Kenya	8:53.65	8
	Courtney Frerichs	United States	8:57.77	7
	Hyvin Jepkemoi	Kenya	9:00.05	6
4	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	9:04.27	5
5	Celliphine Chespol	Kenya	9:07.07	4
6	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9:07.61	3
7	Peruth Chemutai	Uganda	9:10.87	2
8	Mekides Abebe	Ethiopia	9:18.71	1
9	Marisa Howard	United States	9:22.69
10	Alycia Butterworth	Canada	9:28.68
11	Regan Yee	Canada	9:44.63
	Elizabeth Bird	Great Britain	DNF

Women's High Jump
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Iryna Herashchenko	Ukraine	1.98 m	8
	Vashti Cunningham	United States	1.98 m	7
	Kamila Lićwinko	Poland	1.90 m	6
4	Yuliya Levchenko	Ukraine	1.90 m	5
5	Rachel McCoy	United States	1.90 m	4
6	Alessia Trost	Italy	1.83 m	3
7	Erika Kinsey	Sweden	1.83 m	2
8	Jelena Rowe	United States	1.79 m	1

Women's Pole Vault
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Katie Moon	United States	4.82 m	8
	Holly Bradshaw	Great Britain	4.72 m	7
	Olivia Gruver	United States	4.52 m	6
4	Morgann LeLeux	United States	4.37 m	5
5	Anicka Newell	Canada	4.37 m	4
	Katerina Stefanidi	Greece	NM
	Iryna Zhuk	Belarus	NM

Promotional Events

Men's 800m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Marco Arop	Canada	1:44.51
	Ferguson Rotich	Kenya	1:45.02
	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	1:45.05
4	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1:45.46
5	Clayton Murphy	United States	1:45.97
6	Isaiah Harris	United States	1:46.00
7	Oliver Dustin	Great Britain	1:46.61
8	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1:47.22
	Erik Sowinski	United States	DNF

Men's Mile
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Geordie Beamish	New Zealand	3:54.86
	Craig Engels	United States	3:55.41
	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada	3:55.48
4	Sam Prakel	United States	3:55.99
5	Archie Davis	Great Britain	3:57.00
6	Henry Wynne [d]	United States	3:57.43
7	Peter Callahan	Belgium	3:57.49
8	Tripp Hurt	United States	3:58.15
9	Vincent Ciattei	United States	4:00.45
	Erik Sowinski	United States	DNF
	Timothy Sein	Kenya	DNF

Women's 2 Miles
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	9:00.75
	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	9:06.74
	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	9:14.55
4	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	9:18.16
5	Amy-Eloise Markovc	Great Britain	9:21.98
6	Elise Cranny	United States	9:22.44
7	Katie Wasserman [d]	United States	9:40.82
8	Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui	Kenya	9:40.86
9	Katie Rainsberger	United States	9:41.79
10	Taryn Rawlings	United States	9:55.94
	Addy Townsend [de]	Canada	DNF
	Allison Cash	United States	DNF

Women's 5000m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	14:27.89
	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia	14:42.25
	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia	14:42.85
4	Loice Chemnung [de]	Kenya	14:43.65
5	Alicia Monson	United States	14:48.49
6	Abbey Cooper	United States	14:52.37
7	Sheila Chelangat	Kenya	14:52.66
8	Meskerem Mamo	Ethiopia	15:01.29
9	Laura Galván	Mexico	15:10.38
10	Rachel Schneider	United States	15:13.15
11	Emily Infeld	United States	15:24.78
12	Andrea Seccafien	Canada	15:32.01
	Kate Van Buskirk	Canada	DNF
	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	DNF

National Events

Women's 1500m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rebecca Mehra	United States	4:06.35
	Sage Hurta	United States	4:07.50
	Dani Jones	United States	4:08.45
4	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4:09.27
5	Sara Vaughn	United States	4:09.68
6	Eleanor Fulton	United States	4:09.85
7	Danielle Aragon [d]	United States	4:10.02
8	Marta Pen	Portugal	4:10.90
9	Julianne Labach	Canada	4:11.74
10	Federica Del Buono	Italy	4:12.30
11	Allie Wilson	United States	4:14.82
	Alexa Efraimson	United States	DNF
	Nia Akins	United States	DNF

References

^ "Athing Mu and Courtney Frerichs Set American Records at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic". Runner's World. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ Winter, Karl. "Pre Classic Distance Night: Hassan Falls Well Short in Women's 5000 WR Attempt, Francine Niyonsaba Wins Women's 2 Mile in 9:00, Craig Engels Celebrates Early and Loses Men's International Mile". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ Hansen, Chris. "Records fall as Prefontaine Classic returns to Hayward Field". USA TODAY. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ High-powered head-to-heads on tap in Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2019-05-16). Retrieved 2020-03-30.

Results

"2021 Prefontaine Classic Results". World Athletics.

External links

Official Diamond League Prefontaine Classic website

[1] "Athing Mu and Courtney Frerichs Set American Records at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic". Runner's World. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[2] Winter, Karl. "Pre Classic Distance Night: Hassan Falls Well Short in Women's 5000 WR Attempt, Francine Niyonsaba Wins Women's 2 Mile in 9:00, Craig Engels Celebrates Early and Loses Men's International Mile". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[3] Hansen, Chris. "Records fall as Prefontaine Classic returns to Hayward Field". USA TODAY. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[4] High-powered head-to-heads on tap in Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2019-05-16). Retrieved 2020-03-30.

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